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CT climate change and transportation legislation
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Climate change and transportation legislation is back in Connecticut, without the TCI part

Senate Bill 4, a comprehensive climate and transportation bill, would start several large clean transportation programs.
Northeast states abandon cap-and-trade plan for cars

Northeast states abandon cap-and-trade plan for cars

Another American carbon pricing plan has died. The Transportation and Climate Initiative — a cap-and-trade program covering cars in three Northeastern states and the District of Columbia — was abandoned last week after Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont (D) and Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker (R) pulled the plug on the program.

TCI legislation to cut traffic emissions stalls
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Multistate plan to cut traffic emissions hits roadblock in Connecticut

RI was among 13 states looking to form the regional partnership
Why activists distrust this plan to cut emissions from cars and trucks
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Why activists distrust this plan to cut emissions from cars and trucks

Many justice advocates fear the initiative will leave overburdened communities behind.
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Virginia should look to Maryland for electric vehicle policy, report says
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Virginia should look to Maryland for electric vehicle policy, report says

A Charlottesville nonprofit group says point-of-sale rebates and inventory requirements for dealers could help the commonwealth catch up with its neighbor.  More than half of Virginians are amenable to electrifying their next ride. But both a shortage of car lot inventory and a lack of point-of-sale rebates are stalling the electric vehicle adoption rate at […]
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Fossil fuel industry and Koch network fighting Pennsylvania's move to join Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative
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Fossil fuel industry and Koch network fighting Pennsylvania's move to join Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative

As Pennsylvania took a significant step this week towards joining a regional climate initiative to curb carbon pollution from power plants, newly revealed email records show how fossil fuel interests campaigned to oppose it.

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Justin Gillis: Would you pay higher gas prices to slow the climate crisis?

Justin Gillis: Would you pay higher gas prices to slow the climate crisis?

Governors in Northeast and Mid-Atlantic States are pondering that question.
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